Gender Violence - Resistance, Resilience, and Autonomy

Informationen zum Autor Sylvia Jane Burrow is associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Cape Breton University and adjunct professor in the faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University. Klappentext Sylvia Jane Burrow explores self-confidence as integral to autonomy development within everyday contexts threatening gender violence, arguing that self-defense training is significant to resistance and resilience. Zusammenfassung Sylvia Jane Burrow explores self-confidence as integral to autonomy development within everyday contexts threatening gender violence, arguing that self-defense training is significant to resistance and resilience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Threat of Gender Violence Chapter 2: Autonomy Chapter 3: Responsibility, Resistance, and Resilience Chapter 4: Self-Protection, Autonomy, and Self-Defense Chapter 5: Doubting Self-Defense Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Sylvia Jane Burrow
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781498578851
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7885-1
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Ethics & moral philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Ethics and moral philosophy, Violence in society, Feminism and feminist theory, Violence & abuse in society, Violence and abuse in society